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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It seems to be assumed that the guerrillas were
Chechens ("could be</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>leaving Ingushetia in small groups"), but how do we
know that?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ingush President Zyazikov, who worked in the
intelligence services of</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chechnya and Ingushetia, is an ally of Putin.
Anyone know how Zyazikov</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>became president?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Per Fagereng</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=lookoverhere1@yahoo.com href="mailto:lookoverhere1@yahoo.com">Chris
Doss</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org
href="mailto:lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org">lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 22, 2004 1:58
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [lbo-talk] At least 46 killed in
gun-battles in Ingushetia</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=date4>Jun 22 2004 10:59AM</SPAN>
<P class=text>At least 46 killed in gun-battles in Ingushetia</P>
<P class=text>NAZRAN. June 22 (Interfax) - At least 46 people were killed in
gun- battles in Ingushetia early on Tuesday, after several guerilla units
attacked the Ingush communities of Nazran, Karabulak, and Sleptsovskaya,
spokesman for the Ingush Interior Ministry Yakhya Khadziyev told Interfax.
</P>
<P class=text>"Among those killed are 18 law enforcement officers, mainly from
the Interior Ministry, and 28 civilians," Khadziyev said. </P>
<P class=text>Another 30 people sustained wounds of varying degrees, he said.
</P>
<P class=text>Two guerillas were also killed in the clashes. Their bodies have
been found and taken to Nazran for identification. </P>
<P class=text>Ingush President Murat Zyazikov earlier told Interfax that
"there are many casualties among both law enforcement officers and civilians"
after the night raids. </P>
<P class=text>Zyazikov said the republic will observe three days of mourning
for the victims of the attack starting from Wednesday. </P>
<P class=text>Khadziyev told Interfax it was difficult to estimate the exact
number of the attackers, but called "quite likely" the figure of 200
guerillas, which had earlier been cited in media reports. </P>
<P class=text>"Operations are currently underway to determine the ways of the
guerillas' retreat, and additional police forces are being engaged to chase
them," Khadziyev said. </P>
<P class=text>"The guerillas could be leaving Ingushetia in small groups," and
therefore the search operations "are being conducted on quite a large
territory," he said. </P>
<P class=text>A crisis center to handle the aftermath of the night raids was
organized at the Ingush Interior Ministry on Tuesday morning. Russian Deputy
Interior Minister Alexander Chekalin, chief of the Russian Interior Ministry's
department for the Southern Federal District Mikhail Pankov, and Deputy
Prosecutor General Sergei Fridinsky are expected to shortly arrive in Nazran.
</P>
<P class=text>Fridinsky himself refrained from comments before leaving for
Ingushetia, saying only that he intended to personally look into the situation
after the night attack. </P></DIV>
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